Acumen Research and Consulting, a global provider of market research reports, in a recently published report titled “Software Defined Networking (SDN) Market (Solutions: Physical Network Infrastructure, Virtualization and Control Software, Professional Services, SDN Applications and Network Services; End-user: Telecom Service Providers, Cloud Service Providers, Enterprises; Vertical: IT, Consumer Goods, BFSI, Defense, Telecom, Healthcare, Others) – Global Industry Analysis, Market Size, Opportunities and Forecast, 2015-2022”, forecasts that the global market for software defined networking (SDN) is estimated to grow at an astounding CAGR of around 47% during the period from 2016 to 2022 and reach the market size of more than $130 billion by 2022. The growth of this market is majorly accredited by the need for managing big data generated from various end user verticals, and demand for managing intricate network infrastructures and changing network traffic patterns. Software defined networking solutions help network managers to design SDN applications to help in optimization and management of network resources.

North America was the largest market for SDN solutions, globally, attributed by the demand from different end user industries including information and communication technology, telecommunications, banking, financial services and insurance, energy, healthcare, defense, and others. North America is seen as one of the early adopters and developers of SDN technology. High standardization of SDN solutions such as secured network infrastructure and compatible devices have further spurred the adoption of this technology in various industry verticals. Asia-Pacific is expected to register a fastest growth in the adoption of SDN solutions during the forecast period from 2016 to 2022. The growth in this region is mainly boosted by economic development in the region, outburst of big data from different end user industries and adoption of advanced technologies for managing this generated data.

Among the different segments of SDN solutions, physical network infrastructure was the largest segment in terms of revenue generation and accounted for the share of more than 45% in 2015. This segment is expected to maintain its leading share over the analysis period. Rapid shift of enterprises from conventional network infrastructure to advanced network infrastructure offering enhanced network management and lowering infrastructure cost are the major factors driving the growth of this segment. By end users, enterprises was the leading segment in 2015 with over 40% share. Network infrastructure and communication technologies have become of core importance for swift functioning of businesses, worldwide. Organization are looking towards adoption virtual network infrastructures to reduce the operational cost with the effective utilization of SDN technology, thus driving the market growth. In the rapidly changing business environments, network engineers and managers are adoption SDN technology to enable virtualization of physical networking devices to improve response time. Moreover, SDN plays a key role in management and optimization of network infrastructure for big data by purging out the complexities associated with manual administration.

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